Online English Dictionary

1. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist′s career"; "in the flood tide of his success"

2. the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

3. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

4. the most severe stage of a disease

5. arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

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